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The Impact of College Athletics on Employment in the Restaurant and Accommodations Industries

Lentz, Bernard F.; Laband, David N. - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008

In this paper, we analyze Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)-level data in the U.S. to examine the economic impact of college athletics. Specifically, we examine the relationship between total athletics revenues (aggregated across all colleges in an MSA) and MSA-level...

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Slippery Slope? Assessing the Economic Impact of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah

Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008

, potential Olympic hosts should exercise caution before proceeding down the slippery slope of bidding for this event. …

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Hotel Tax Collections and a Local Mega-Event

Coates, Dennis - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2009

collections in and around the jurisdiction that hosts the event. …

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NASCAR as a Public Good

Coates, Dennis; Gearhart, David - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2007

Abstract This paper looks for evidence that either a NASCAR track or NASCAR-sanctioned event influences the monthly …

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Mega-Events: Is the Texas-Baylor game to Waco what the Super Bowl is to Houston?

Coates, Dennis; Depken, Craig A. Depken, II - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2006

This paper estimates the total sales and sales tax revenue impacts on host communities of a variety of professional and collegiate sporting events. Using 126 jurisdictions from Texas, covering every month from January, 1990 through April of 2006, the analysis finds that regular season games in...

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Bowling in Hawaii: Examining the Effectiveness of Sports-Based Tourism Strategies

Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Muroi, Chihiro - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008

We use daily airplane arrival data from Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to determine … the net change in tourism for a variety of sporting events. We find two events generate a positive and significant net … two-thirds of its budget on the rights to the Pro Bowl and spends nothing for the Hawaii Marathon. Neither event attracts …

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The Effect of Sports Franchises on Property Values: The Role of Owners versus Renters

Matheson, Victor; Kiel, Katherine A.; Sullivan, Christopher - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2010

This paper estimates the public benefits to homeowners in cities with NFL franchises by examining housing prices rather than housing rents. In contrast to Carlino and Coulson (2004) we find that the presence of an NFL franchise has no effect on housing prices in a city. Furthermore, we also test...

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The Labor Market Effects of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics

Baumann, Robert; Engelhardt, Bryan; Matheson, Victor - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2010

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Labor Market Effects of the World Cup: A Sectoral Analysis

Baumann, Robert; Engelhardt, Bryan; Matheson, Victor - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2011

This paper provides an empirical examination of impact the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States on local employment. In contrast to ex ante economic impact reports that suggest large increases in employment due to the tournament, an ex post examination of employment in 9 host metropolitan...

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Do College Football Games Pay for Themselves? The Impact of College Football Games on Local Sales Tax Revenue

Coates, Dennis; Depken, Craig A. Depken, II - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008

This paper analyzes the net impacts of college football games on the sales tax revenues and taxable sales of four mid-sized cities in Texas. The paper addresses the question in the title, but also asks whether state policy makers might be justified in encouraging schools in their state to play...

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